par Chatrchyan, Serguei;Clerbaux, Barbara ;De Lentdecker, Gilles ;Gay, Arnaud ;Hreus, Tomas ;Leonard, Alexandre ;Marage, Pierre ;Thomas, Laurent ;Vander Velde, Catherine ;Vanlaer, Pascal ;Wang, Jian ;Charaf, Othman ;Dero, Vincent ;Hammad, Grégory ; [et al.]
Référence Physics letters. Section B, 710, 2, page (284-306)
Publication Publié, 2012
Référence Physics letters. Section B, 710, 2, page (284-306)
Publication Publié, 2012
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : | A search for the standard model Higgs boson (H) decaying to bb- when produced in association with weak vector bosons (V) is reported for the following modes: W(μν)H, W(eν)H, Z(μμ)H, Z(ee)H and Z(νν)H. The search is performed in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb -1, recorded by the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at the LHC with a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. No significant excess of events above the expectation from background is observed. Upper limits on the VH production cross section times the H→bb- branching ratio, with respect to the expectations for a standard model Higgs boson, are derived for a Higgs boson in the mass range 110-135 GeV. In this range, the observed 95% confidence level upper limits vary from 3.4 to 7.5 times the standard model prediction; the corresponding expected limits vary from 2.7 to 6.7 times the standard model prediction. |